At this time, Patrofilus gritted his teeth and took the wine glass:
"Ms. Hilde, I definitely did not poison this glass of wine."
"Really? But I smell something poisonous in it."
When Patrofilus heard this, he put the wine to his nose and sniffed it: "This wine doesn't have any special taste."
"You'll know after you try it."
Facing Hilde's aggressive attitude, if Patrofilus refused, he would be considered to have evil intentions. The wine was really poisonous. However, Patrofilus knew very well that he had not poisoned the wine at all. Hilde was framing him by saying this. So Patrofilus pulled the slave next to him over, handed him the wine, and said, "You poured all the wine here, drink it!"
"S-Sir..."
The slave's legs went limp with fear.
"S-do I really want to drink?"
"You poured the wine yourself, don't you know if it's poisonous or not?"
"Yes...then, I'll drink it then."
The slave picked up the wine glass and drank it carefully. After finishing the drink, the slave looked at the people in front of him in a daze. They were all holding their breath and watching the situation. However, the slave seemed to be fine. He exhaled, patted his stomach and said, "I, I don't seem to be fine."
"You see, Miss Hilde, you are worrying too much."
Seeing that the slave was fine, Patrophilus turned back to look at Hilde.
"It's time for you to sing a song."
"Yeah, it seems that I really made a mistake."
The smile on Hilde's face became even more intense.
At this moment, the slave who had just said that everything was fine suddenly looked gloomy and fell to his knees with a thud.
Tune 3, Section 1: Exposure at the Banquet
"Ugh... ugh!"
The slave suddenly began to spit out large mouthfuls of dark red blood mixed with various liquids, and his skin began to shrink rapidly. The people around him were frightened when they saw this scene and retreated. The slave stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to grab something. But his skin seemed to have been sucked dry, becoming like crumpled papyrus, without any luster. Finally, the slave let out a final wail, and fell into the vomit, and died.
This process lasted less than twenty seconds.
Everyone present looked at the slave's body in horror.
And now, the one with the ugliest expression was Patrofilus.
"This, what's going on..." Patrofilus couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"Now it is certain, right? If I had drunk this glass of wine, I would have ended up like this. And you obviously knew that this wine was indeed poisonous, so you gave it to the poor slave to drink, and in the end, it killed him." Hilde pretended to be a little scared. She clasped her hands together and placed them on her chest, then looked at Patrofilus with a look of fear. "Everyone saw it! He is a murderer! He wanted to murder me!"
"I don't!"
At this time, Patrofilus looked at the people who were watching him and shouted in panic:
"I was wronged!"
"Mr. Archon..."
"Poisoned! Villain!!!"
"The gods will punish you!!!"
"I'm innocent! Shut up!" Patrofilus suddenly got angry and smashed the statue next to him with one fist. Then, he pointed his finger at Hilde. It was obvious that he was now blinded by anger. "Hilde! I knew that you came to our Byzantium City and it was definitely not to bring good things! You, why did you wrongly accuse me! This poison... You, you know very well that it was not me who poisoned you, right? Hilde, you are so cruel."
"Am I the one who is cruel?"
Hilde gently wiped away her tears.
"Isn't it Lord Patrofilus?"
"You are talking nonsense, why would I poison you!"
"That's because... I already know the secret between you and Master Alex, so you want to poison me to prevent me from telling this secret." At this time, Hilde walked over quickly and pulled Timis out of the crowd. Timis didn't want to come out, but he didn't expect Hilde to be so strong that he pulled Timis out of the crowd directly. "Timis told me all the excessive things you did!"
"Timis!?"
Patrofilus turned his gaze towards Timis.
Now, Timis was in a dilemma.
If he said that he had said nothing, it would inevitably indicate that there was a relationship between Timis and Patrofilus. If he did not say anything, Patrofilus would immediately doubt him. So, after thinking for a moment, Timis immediately said, "Miss Hilde, what nonsense are you talking about? I am just an ordinary person. What can I say to you?"
"Really? Then everyone please listen to me."
Hilde opened her arms and was quite excited.
"I know that you all believe in Lord Patrofilos. However, Timis really couldn't bear to help Lord Patrofilos hide the evil secret, so he told me everything two days ago. First of all, Miletus has decided to cut off the aid to Byzantium, but Lord Patrofilos deliberately concealed it from you because he wanted to wait until Miletus completely abandoned Byzantium, then immediately take away all the wealth in the city and leave the city, and then sell you all to the Thracians!"
"You bullshit!"
Timis was also anxious.
Now, the look Patrofilus gave Timis was full of murderous intent.
"So, Patrofilus blocked the city because he didn't dare tell you that your defenders could completely defeat the Thracians outside the city. Then, the warships around the port were also to prevent you from leaving Byzantium and knowing the truth. Alex, who already knew the truth, was killed by Patrofilus. However, in order to prevent you from being suspicious, he deliberately said that Alex died in battle. But think about it, have you sent any troops out of the city recently? How could they die in battle!"
"yes……"
"Master Alex is a skilled warrior. How could he die at the hands of the Thracians?"
Everyone also started talking about it.
"No! No, I never said that at all!"
Timis was fooled.
Hild heard the conversation between Timis and Patrofilus. As long as she told the secret between them, Patrofilus would definitely doubt it no matter how Timis explained. Now, Timis was completely anxious, because once Patrofilus' secret was exposed, Timis might be the first to die. At this time, Patrofilus looked at the people who were talking about it, pointed his finger at the sky, and shouted loudly: "Gods! Everything Hild said is a lie!"
"Lord Patrofilus."
At this time, Hilde looked at Patrofilus with a pitiful expression.
"The gods will never forgive you."
"You are not a god! If you talk nonsense here, you will definitely be the one who will be punished in the end!"
"No, I won't, because I'm the Oracle."
Hilde suddenly brought up this term, shocking everyone present.
Oracle!?
A true oracle can communicate directly with the gods and guide their followers to do what they want. And this girl named Hilde actually calls herself an oracle!
However, Hilde's image is very similar to that of the Oracle. So beautiful, so mysterious and elegant.
If Hilde isn't the Oracle, who is?
"Lord Patrofilus, please do not resist any longer. Because God's will has been conveyed to my heart. As a devout oracle of Lady Athena, I already knew about the evil things you have done when I came here, but I always believed that you still have a kind heart and will be able to turn back and correct your mistakes. However, now you have lost all your reason and piety, and you are already a hopeless person." Hilde suddenly became serious.
"I will bring down divine punishment on behalf of Lady Athena."
The Final Disposition of the Traitors
"Nonsense! How could you be Athena's oracle? If you were, how come I didn't know about it!"
Such a rebuttal seems particularly pale and powerless.
Patrofilus had completely lost his footing and was in a state of confusion.
Timis witnessed all this, kneeling on the ground, enduring the anger and suspicion from all sides. Timis knew very well that he had never said this to Hilde, but Hilde knew the secret between the two of them clearly. In his mind, only Timis and Patrophilus knew about this matter, so Hilde's claim that she was the oracle of Athena was actually possible.
It turns out that the gods have seen through them!
Timis suddenly came to his senses.
He rolled and crawled to Hilde's feet and knelt down.
"My Lord Oracle! I was wrong! I shouldn't have conspired with Patrofilus. Lady Athena must have heard our conspiracy and told you about it, right?" Timis became very emotional. He now firmly believed that Hilde was the oracle of Athena, and the oracle was noble and inviolable. Therefore, Timis wanted to seize this opportunity, "My Lord, my Lord, I am willing to expose Patrofilus's crime. I didn't kill him. I was just a follower. Please spare me!"
"Timis! You, you!"
Patrofilus was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
At this moment, Amyntas led nine heavy infantrymen and rushed directly into the banquet hall.
"Just surrender, you despicable villain!"
"You are usurping the throne!"
"Mr. Archon, all your crimes have been revealed, and everyone present has heard it. This man, Patrofilus, has planned to use your lives and property in exchange for wealth and glory for the rest of his life! His conspiracy has been revealed to the world." Having said that, Amyntas pointed the spear in his hand at Patrofilus. As a professional soldier, the murderous aura emanating from him seemed to be able to completely solidify the air.
"I advise you to give up resistance!"
"what--!!!"
At this moment, Patrofilus suddenly roared.
Before Hilde noticed, Patrophilus suddenly rushed towards her, apparently intending to die with Hilde. However, Hilde had already noticed all this, and she just dodged and turned her body at a very strange angle, leaving Patrophilus empty-handed. Then, Hilde walked to Amyntas, took the spear from his hand, and walked in front of Patrophilus with the spear in hand.
"You, what are you doing!?"
Patrofilus looked at the nobles who were watching nearby.
"They are from Athens! Do you believe what they say?"
Although he tried his best to explain, the nobles around him still showed angry expressions and chose to stand aside and watch. They realized that they had been deceived, so they naturally could not suppress their inner resentment. Now, what they had to do was to watch with their own eyes the Byzantine traitor, Patrofilus, being punished by the oracle Hilde from Athens!
"Mr. Archon."
Hilde weighed the spear and said with a smile:
"farewell."
"you this--"
After all, Hilde was just a weak woman in appearance, so Patrofilus didn't intend to give up. He rushed towards Hilde, intending to kidnap her as quickly as possible, so that the soldiers would not threaten his life. With this idea in mind, Patrofilus rushed forward, but Hilde's movements were much faster than his. A cold light was directly aimed at Patrofilus' throat, and there was no room for him to dodge, and he was pierced directly.
"Ugh... ugh!"
Patrofilus's knees weakened and he fell to the ground.
His eyes were staring at Hilde in disbelief.
He also wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a word.
"Goodbye, Byzantium is mine."
Hilde leaned close to Patrofilus' ear, and the sound was like a piece of music, urging him to die quickly. Although Patrofilus was unwilling, after his throat was pierced, he could only let the blood flow out of his body in large quantities. Finally, he fell to the ground and died.
At this time, Timis saw this, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Hilde several times, and said loudly: "Lord Oracle! Lord Oracle! Please let me live!"
"Okay."
Hilde let go of the spear and walked over to Timis.
"If you help me, I will let you live."
"I'm really, really grateful!"
Timis was so scared that he almost peed his pants. Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave the place. However, behind him, Hilde took the bow and arrow from the archer beside him and put the arrow on the string when Timis was not paying attention. Just when Timis was overjoyed and thought he could leave alive, he heard a sound of breaking wind and Timis fell to the ground. At this moment, an arrow was stuck in his back.
"I want to let you go, but... Lady Athena doesn't think so."
Hilde picked up a long sword and walked over to Timis.
"You and Patrofilus will go to hell together."
"God, Lord Oracle!"
In front of everyone, Hilde grabbed Timis's neck and stabbed his throat with a long sword, stirring it violently for a few times. Timis just convulsed a few times and then lost his reaction. After all this was over, Hilde stood up and turned around. It was only at this time that everyone realized that Hilde's body was not stained with a drop of blood.
"Everyone."
With a faint smile, Hilde walked among the nobles.
"Everyone already knows the truth."
"yes……"
"What will we do if our mother country abandons us?"
These nobles couldn't help but start a discussion.
